diff --git a/images/maas-rack-controller/2.8_redfish_retries.patch b/images/maas-rack-controller/2.8_redfish_retries.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab55fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/maas-rack-controller/2.8_redfish_retries.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/redfish.py b/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/redfish.py
+index 27f63545a..9c39d577e 100644
+--- a/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/redfish.py
++++ b/src/provisioningserver/drivers/power/redfish.py
+@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class RedfishPowerDriver(RedfishPowerDriverBase):
+         make_setting_field("node_id", "Node ID", scope=SETTING_SCOPE.NODE),
+     ]
+     ip_extractor = make_ip_extractor("power_address")
++    wait_time = (4, 8, 16, 32)
+ 
+     def detect_missing_packages(self):
+         # no required packages
diff --git a/images/maas-rack-controller/Dockerfile b/images/maas-rack-controller/Dockerfile
index ab7dc4f..d8dcf0c 100644
--- a/images/maas-rack-controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/maas-rack-controller/Dockerfile
@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@ COPY 2.8_nic_filter.patch /tmp/2.8_nic_filter.patch
 COPY 2.8_secure_headers.patch /tmp/2.8_secure_headers.patch
 # Patch so maas knows that "BMC error" is retriable
 COPY 2.8_ipmi_error.patch /tmp/2.8_ipmi_error.patch
+# Patch to space redfish request retries apart a bit, to avoid overwhelming the BMC
+COPY 2.8_redfish_retries.patch /tmp/2.8_redfish_retries.patch
 
 RUN cd /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/provisioningserver/utils && patch network.py < /tmp/2.8_nic_filter.patch
 RUN cd /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/twisted/web && patch server.py < /tmp/2.8_secure_headers.patch
 RUN cd /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/provisioningserver/drivers/power && patch ipmi.py < /tmp/2.8_ipmi_error.patch
+RUN cd /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/provisioningserver/drivers/power && patch redfish.py < /tmp/2.8_redfish_retries.patch
 
 # echo journalctl logs to the container's stdout
 COPY scripts/journalctl-to-tty.service /etc/systemd/system/journalctl-to-tty.service